Beyond that, about the only thing certain about the critter photographed by a hunter's camera is that some people have gotten the notion it could be a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot. Others say it's just a bear with a bad skin infection.

Rick Jacobs says he got the pictures from a camera with an automatic trigger that he fastened to a tree in the Allegheny National Forest, about 115 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, hoping to photograph deer.

"We couldn't figure out what they were," Jacobs said of the images captured on Sept. 16. "I've been hunting for ...

Scientists are on the trail of the legendary half-man half-beast that has stalked the wild forests of North America for three million years.

An expedition is being mounted next week by zoologists in a mountainous area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula after growing evidence the strange beast -called Sasquatch by native Americans -really exists.

Recent sightings of a hairy creature walking upright in this remote area have prompted researchers to begin scouring the landscape for bones, teeth and, of course, giant 2ft-long footprints.

The legend of Bigfoot has prompted excitement, hysteria and hoaxes in equal measure over the years. Grainy ...

DEER RIVER, Minn. -Robert Olson said he and others have discovered plenty of large footprints in northeastern Minnesota's forests.

''For every sighting we have heard about, there's probably 10 more that we don't hear about," said Olson, who spoke this past week about northeastern Minnesota Bigfoot sightings at Lady Ocalat's Emporium in downtown Duluth, a shop that sells "eclectic and magical" items.

"One of the ideas is that these creatures are moving east away from what could be a cataclysmic disaster," Olson said.

Signs, reports

Olson is one of a handful of northeastern Minnesota Bigfoot researchers ...

Whether legend or hoax, a tall, dark and mysterious monster-like creature may call parts of the woodlands in the Mercer County area home.

"He's out there somewhere," said Paul Lucas of Girard, Pa, an advocate for the existence of what skeptics consider a paranormal apparition of American folklore.

Lucas said he works with the Sasquatch Research Initiative and determines whether Bigfoot sightings are legit or simply cries for attention. Over the years, he has studied sightings of the large, hairy, human-like anima1 in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.

It is 50 years ago today that a 19 old woman sparked the biggest UFO search that Rochale has ever known.

When Gwynneth Fitton reported seeing a circular object with a light suspended underneath hovering above moors in Wardle, the story became the centre of a national controversy.

But despite Rochdale's alleged close encounters with unidentified flying objects there have been no recent sightings in the borough.

Freedon of Information Act powers have revealed that there were two sightings in Manchester in the past year. Three silver UFOs were reportedly hovering above Chorlton and an orange ball was spotted ...

Just tell me one thing, Tanya Matarwe asked, a hint of tears in her eyes. Do you think I'm sane? Sure, I told her. This kind of thing probably happens more often than you think.

She thanked me profusely and shook my hand.

Here's her story. and the reason she wanted reassurance.

Tanya, a 25-year-old travel agent. was driving home to Carlsbad from a friend's house in San Marcos at 12:45 a.m. Friday. They'd been bowling and talking; her father expected her home on time. and she was late.

By John Anthony West, New York Times, New York, New York on November 16th, 2011

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. he police seldom work on a subtle but critical crime of scholarship. But a New York City detective's forensic art apparently has exposed a case of academic malprac tice. His work lends credence to theory that the Sphinx. is thousands of years older than Egyptologists and archeologists think. If it is, we must radically revise our ideas about an cient. civilization before the rise of the Egyptian culture about 3000 B.C.

Egyptologists insist that the Sphinx of Giza was built about 2500 B.C. by an Old Kingdom pharaoh, Chephren (or Khafre). But a Boston ...

"I was awe-struck just being in its presence. I visualized what it must have been like when prehistoric medicine men played ancient songs on the rock before large gather ings of people. This rock is very sacred to Indians," Sau bel said.

Curator of the Malki Museum on the Morongo Reservation near Banning, Calif., for the last 26 years, Saubel has known about so-called "ringing rocks" all her life. But this was the first time she had ...